New York (VDER ICSA)

The VDER ISCA opeartes both geo- and income verification methods.

Geoqualification

Geoqualification requires a residence in: * Pre-screened areas * DAC interim disadvantaged areas

We consider the following five utility zones in New York:

• National Grid
• NYSEG
• Central Hudson
• Rochester Gas & Electric
• Orange & Rockland

4,145 census block groups are tagged as disadvantaged communities defined by New York State.

LMI Qualifications

New York LMI Qualification methods are detailed in the policy matrix, but in summary include:

• LMI - 80% of AMI
• Award letters for EmPower, HEAP, SNAP, TANF, SSSI; HEAP or other assistance on utility bill

The table below shows total population by LMI qualification method by utility area coverage. Note, these LMI groups are not mutually exclusive, rather are snap shots of the individual method’s population.

## # A tibble: 5 × 4
##   Name  `Pop under 80 AMI` `SNAP HH` `Total Population`
##   <chr>              <int>     <dbl>              <dbl>
## 1 NGRID             539215    199384            3425380
## 2 NYSEG             254700     78886            1832677
## 3 RGE               133633     50791             846568
## 4 CHGE               83137     20791             600999
## 5 ORU                70542     19903             590644

The map shows the census tracts loaded with the LMI qualification methods by utility zone coverage.

LIFT Solar

Groundswell manages the LIFT solar dataset of over 450 LMI community solar projects across the country. Project capacity (KW AC) and number of potential LMI customers per project is shown from this dataset. Note, there are no LIFT projects in New Mexico.